ALI-ABA will hold course on chemical control law and policy: Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. professionals to participate

The American Law Institute (ALI) and American Bar Association (ABA) will hold an advanced one-day course of study on chemical control law and policy. The course will examine what practitioners need to know about the growing significance of industrial and pesticide chemical control law and regulation, providing updates on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and enforcement priorities for 2010, and a roundup on significant litigation. The course will also include an integrated look at modern-day chemical control, including chemical legislation to watch, partners in pesticide and chemical regulation and management, and other hot topics. Faculty includes James V. Aidala, Charles M. Auer, and Lynn L. Bergeson. More information is available online.

On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which significantly amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and expands the authority and requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with regard to the regulation of “chemical substances,” notably including heavy metals considered to be harmful to humans or the environment. This new law has been described as the most significant environmental law to be enacted in...

On July 1, 2016, Inside EPA published "Committee Jurisdiction Issues Blocked Green Chemistry From TSCA Reform," an article discussing the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) law and the lack of language from previous versions boosting federal support of green chemistry. The majority of the bill was reviewed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but the green chemistry provision would have needed to be reviewed by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, further complicating the...

Thursday, July 14, 20168:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time/11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time/16:00 British Summer Time
In this second episode of the complimentary webinar series "The New TSCA -- What You Need To Know,"Chemical Watchand an assembled faculty of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) experts will take a deeper dive into the profound changes that the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg) makes toTSCA Sections 4, 5, and 6.
All chemical stakeholders doing business in the...

United States President Barack Obama has signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.
The Act, signed on June 22, 2016, amends the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (TSCA). Under the TSCA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating the production, importation, use and disposal of chemicals.
Under the new TSCA regime, the EPA has received additional direction, such as the power to collect funding from chemical manufacturers and a mandate to...

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